Causes a sudden loss of consciousness and violent muscle contractions called tonic (stiffening) and clonic (twitching or jerking) muscle acitivity. It is caused by abnormal electrical activity throughout the brain. Usually followed by a period where patient is postictalA period that begins when a seizure subsides and ends when the patient returns to baseline. It typically lasts between 5 and 30 minutes and is characterized by disorienting symptoms such as confusion, drowsiness, hypertension, headache, nausea, etc.. May be a symptom of MOGADOften referred to as MOGAD, Anti-MOG, MOG Ab+, MOG Antibody Disease, MOG Associated Antibody Disease, MOG positive disease from disease process in the brain or a medication side effect.
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